Synonym: Philocrinus de Koninck 1863
Parent taxon: Crinoidea according to W. Waagen 1885
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Abbreviatocrinites, Acariaeocrinus, Aethocrinea, Angulata, Asperocrinidae, Aspidocrinus, Balearocrinus, Baryschyr, Bornium, Camerata, Carpenterocrinus, Communicrinus, Crisantum, Cyclocaudex, Cyclocharacidae, Cyclocrista, Cyclocyclicus, Cyclomischidae, Cycloscapus, Dazhucrinus, Dentiferocrinidae, Dicyclica, Dronovicrinus, Dulanocrinus, Dwortsowaecrinus, Echmatocrinida, Entrochus, Entrochus rotiformis, Exaesiodiscidae, Flexicrinus, Floricyclidae, Floripila, Flucticharacidae, Flucticharax, Gasterometra, Gemmacrinus, Glyphidocrinus, Hemistreptocrinoidea, Heterostelechus, Kojvicrinus, Kstutocrinidae, Lamprosterigma, Leptocarphiidae, Lichenocrinus, Malovicrinus, Mastocrinus, Mooreanteris, Moscovicrinus, Multifidocrinus, Ordinacrinus, Pandocrinus, Pentacrinoidea, Pentagonocyclicus, Pentagonopterix, Pentaridica, Picteticrinus, Pinegicrinus, Preptopremnum, Protocrinoida, Protocrinoidea, Salairocrinidae, Salairocrinus, Schyschcatocrinidae, Stenocrinidae, Stukaliniidae, Tantalocrinidae, Taranshicrinidae, Tatjanicrinus, Tetragonocyclicus, Tetralobocrinus, Torrocrinus, Waikaripites, Webericrinus, Zeravschanocrinus
Subtaxa: Philocrinus cometa
Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (4 collections)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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